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against the wound in his back ; his left arm was raised and
bent back at the elbow. The wrist remains at the back of
the head. In Carrey's drawing (fig. 7) a small piece of
the upper arm is given. The left foot of the Lapith
presses firmly against a rock. A mantle falls over both
arms, and hangs behind his back. Carrey's drawing gives
both the head, and right leg, and part of the right fore-
arm of the Lapith. In composition and execution this is
one of the finest of the extant metopes.

Miss. Marbles, VII., pi. 9; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 1176, fig. 1365 ;
Michaelis, pi. 3, xxrii.; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 184; (Jollignon,
II., p. 15; Stereoscopic, No. 90.

—Metopes 316, 311, from Carrey.

317. (Plate VII.) In this metope, the 28th in the original
series, the Centaur is victorious; the Lapith lies dead
under his feet. Brandishing the lion's skin on his ex-
tended left arm with a triumphant gesture, and lashing
his tail, the Centaur rushes forward to meet a new foe,
with the ends of the lion's skin flying behind him. His
right arm, now wanting, wielded some object. The piece
of marble attached to the background suggests that it